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December 2019 Posts

ISRA: "Clearly under Illinois law, no cannabis dispensary can share your personal information" (12-31)
Reader comments closed for the holidays (12-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Will Stephens also drops out *** Baldermann drops out of GOP primary (12-20)
Proposed repeal of parental notification law sparks heated exchange (12-20)
One thing leads to another, and another and another for Link (12-20)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-20)
Some ComEd/Madigan history (12-20)
Stop torturing children! (12-20)
A completely useless "debate" (12-20)
A costly week for IDOC and Wexford (12-20)
Yet another fiscal hole we've dug ourselves into (12-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Report: SoS IG probing if rock star should've registered as a lobbyist (12-20)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-20)
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to LSSI! (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** FERC move could cost Illinois ratepayers $864 million a year (12-19)
In Springfield, doing something legal in your own back yard is the police's business (12-19)
Bloomberg to go large in Illinois (12-19)
Must-read political junkie stuff (12-19)
Don't just slam it, learn from it (12-19)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A totally unnecessary "debate" (12-19)
"They call him Flipper, Flipper; faster than lightning" (12-19)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Heidner's video gaming license pulled (12-18)
Legislative ethics and lobbying reform panel will meet on the Monday before Christmas (12-18)
Caption contest! (12-18)
Business owner pulls the covers back a bit on the wide-ranging federal probe (12-18)
"Duck up at the Hut" (12-18)
Madigan's former alderman no longer being paid to lobby for ComEd (12-18)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-18)
How can some people sleep at night knowing what they're doing? (12-18)
Lawsuit filed on behalf of children who were subjected to "unspeakable acts of sexual abuse " (12-18)
An Illinois analogy? (12-18)
"Plan C" seems more likely (12-18)
A needed reform (12-18)
Did Syverson's guest violate Senate rules? (12-18)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Chicago delay would be boon for suburban dispensaries (12-18)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-18)
Report: Feds looking at Joe Berrios (12-17)
Exelon hit with class action suit over alleged corruption (12-17)
Because... Madigan! (12-17)
Pritzker sends president a letter consenting to receive refugees (12-17)
Toys for the LSSI kids, a final plea and a vote (12-17)
Decatur police will use blood tests to check drivers for pot use (12-17)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-17)
Is this fight truly necessary? (12-17)
Mendoza uses GOP delegation's anti-Blagojevich letter to urge Trump impeachment (12-17)
CTU hit with defamation cease and desist letter (12-17)
Lightfoot on gaming bill failure: "People came out of the woodwork with their 'letters to Santa'" (12-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Lightfoot praised for "new and innovative" cannabis social equity idea (12-17)
Pritzker: "The speaker knows where I stand on all of these matters related to corruption" (12-17)
Pritzker announces early childhood initiatives (12-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-17)
Proft loses appeal in bid to make unlimited direct contributions with his independent expenditure PAC (12-16)
Oppo dump! (12-16)
"This is an initial, and hopefully short-lived, shortage" (12-16)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-16)
Yeah? What about it? (12-16)
Poll has Mary Miller with the lead in Shimkus district, but undecideds are at 63 percent (12-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Update to today's edition (12-16)
Hyperloops are the new monorails (12-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Another Syverson casino story (12-16)
McClain attempted to boot Caprara (12-16)
What happens here when ultra-rich, anti-tax activists sit on the campaign sidelines (12-16)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-16)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-13)
Two DCFS employees on the AJ Freund case no longer have jobs (12-13)
Pritzker administration says Ald. Ervin's proposed delay would do "significant damage" to cannabis program (12-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list (12-13)
Do better (12-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** New laws (12-13)
Because... Madigan! (12-13)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-13)
Hey, UIS! What the heck are you doing? (12-13)
Another reason ComEd got what it wanted in 2016 (12-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-13)
Man arrested for threatening to shoot US Rep. Rodney Davis (12-12)
Pritzker talks about his $5 million contribution (12-12)
Pritzker selects Thompson Center sale project manager (12-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Multiple child abuse investigations underway at Gages Lake School (12-12)
“Well I'd certainly like to see you naked” (12-12)
Conspiracy theorist claims there's a state conspiracy against him (12-12)
Reps. Mark Batinick, Kelly Cassidy file bill to repeal ComEd's 2016 nuke plant subsidy (12-12)
Elections have consequences (12-12)
Oops (12-12)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-12)
Pritzker administration slaps down "rain tax" "controversy" (12-12)
Croke rolls out long list of endorsements (12-12)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-12)
Syverson's backing of Rockford casino pick draws questions (12-11)
Foxx takes first step by filing motions to vacate more than a thousand cannabis convictions (12-11)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-11)
Pritzker looks ahead to 2020 (12-11)
New law designed to promote minority apprenticeships (12-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Greta Lindall unveils her results (12-11)
Definitely not a moment of Zen (12-11)
The story behind Patti Vasquez's ballot name (12-11)
Illinois receives "C-" for business subsidy transparency (12-11)
The Hill: Feds asking questions about Speaker Madigan's son (12-11)
Maybe Springfield should consider doing this, too? (12-11)
Weekend disclosure of $5 million contribution goes unnoticed for days (12-11)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-11)
Gray says objections likely the end of his campaign, claims he was defrauded (12-10)
Caption contest! (12-10)
Tuesday Topinka blogging (12-10)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-10)
Please, I beg of you, do away with the overlay before I lose my mind (12-10)
Report: "Twenty years from now, most of the Illinois Basin coal industry will be gone" (12-10)
LRU finds millions diverted from or not spent by gun-related fund (12-10)
How impeachment led to more bipartisanship in the Illinois Senate (12-10)
New laws (12-10)
Women inmates helped decorate the governor's mansion for the holidays (12-10)
"They care about ideology and they’re willing to exploit anyone’s pain they can to promote it" (12-10)
Looking on the bright side (12-10)
The 1 percent is making more money and paying less taxes (12-10)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-10)
Brookings: Chicago metro area shedding "innovation jobs" (12-09)
Our sorry state (12-09)
Sen. Murphy wants answers on recent Tollway hiring (12-09)
Hold on a second, bub (12-09)
Caption contest! (12-09)
Cullerton talks about his legacy (12-09)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-09)
Because... Madigan! (12-09)
Jesse White's tumbling team turns 60 (12-09)
Madigan and Garcia still teaming up (12-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-09)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (12-06)
Report: "One source close to the matter says federal officials are believed to be looking into" annual ComEd fundraisers for Madigan (12-06)
ISP arrests state trooper accused of sexual assault and abuse during prior job at high school (12-06)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-06)
Three prison guards indicted on charges related to inmate death (12-06)
Doherty out at City Club, may have been conduit for 100 ComEd jobs (12-06)
Roundup and open thread (12-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-06)
Just something to think about (12-05)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** CPD: Your home is not your castle (12-05)
"Illegal, unconstitutional, outrageous and stupid" (12-05)
Tom Cullerton's trial set for July (12-05)
What the critics are missing, intentionally or otherwise (12-05)
Reform roundup (12-05)
Senate Democratic leadership roundup (12-05)
Fundraising, better loan terms help Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation stave off disaster (12-05)
Drea, Devaney new IL AFL-CIO leaders (12-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Radogno appointed to replace Andersson *** Oops! (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 - Women and indies now needed *** If you're a Republican or an independent, please help this kid with her school project (12-05)
"These were the people they were most focused on" (12-05)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Open thread (12-04)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Tillman files appeal on bond case (12-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Three different ways of looking at the same situation (12-04)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Plummer says he was offered ethics commission slot in exchange for his silence (12-04)
Because... Madigan! (12-04)
A note from Wordslinger's daughter Emma (12-04)
ISBE revises restraint rules after pushback (12-04)
Unfunded pension liabililties grew a half billion dollars more than expected (12-04)
"And they wonder why these kids have such bad outcomes" (12-04)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-04)
Four House Republicans call on Madigan to resign (12-03)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Our sorry state (12-03)
Something's missing here (12-03)
Amazon plans big new solar project in Illinois (12-03)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-03)
*** UPDATED x4 *** #GivingTuesday in memory of Wordslinger (12-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Brady accuses Plummer of making "false accusations" (12-03)
Filing deadline passes (12-03)
Illlinois has its problems, but at least we don't do this (12-03)
Just another reason why GARS is in such lousy shape (12-03)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-03)
Oops (12-02)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Adventures in petition submitting (12-02)
Good luck enforcing this (12-02)
Question of the day: Golden Horseshoe Awards (12-02)
If you think all of that local RTA sales tax money goes to transportation, think again (12-02)
Deadline looms for property tax task force (12-02)
Eddie Johnson fired before scheduled retirement (12-02)
Fun with numbers (12-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - ILGOP responds *** Nazi again files to run against Lipinski (12-02)
*** UPDATED x2 - Gonzales files - Zalewski recuses *** Question of the day (12-02)
Checking in on Pritzker's diversity goals (12-02)
When your word isn't your bond (12-02)
Pritzker campaign asks judge to dismiss 8 plaintiffs from racial discrimination case (12-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Madigan settles Hampton lawsuit for $275,000 (12-02)
Good riddance to a bad tradition (12-02)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (12-02)

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